Valcke's comments came after England rose to No. 4 in the most recent rankings despite a quarterfinal exit at Euro 2012. The move up the ladder was triggered because the nation's failure to qualify for Euro 2008 was finally removed from the equation, which factors in results from the past four years.

Brazil, on the other hand, dropped to No. 11 because the country, as host, has no 2014 World Cup qualifiers to compile points with.

"There are teams who are playing more friendly games than other teams and you can see a difference which is not very logical, but the ranking I would say is clearly still a good picture of the level of international football," Valcke said.

BRIDGE ON LOAN TO BRIGHTON

After spending the past two years on loan to West Ham and Sunderland, Manchester City left back Wayne Bridge is again on the move, signing with Championship side Brighton on another season-long loan deal.

Bridge, a onetime England national team regular, has fallen out of the picture with City under manager Roberto Mancini.

Its already better then France and given how seria A has been lately its not a stretch to say its on par with Italy. Brazilian teams dominate the libertadores there is no doubt its the top league in the Americas and I wouldn’t sleep on Corinthians beating Chelsea in the club world cup.

I agree the Brazilian league will only start getting better as their economy improves and they’ll be able to keep their players longer instead of selling them to Europe. I also think Brazil should start actively recruiting more Europeans into their league to give it more international exposure. It’s already the number one destination for Portuguese and Spanish immigrants, with Italian immigration also rising in recent years, so it wouldn’t hurt to start scouting these countries to add to their rosters.